Out of Patients
with Matthew Zachary
Welcome to 2026: The Year of the Patient where the sick shall inherit the ballot.
My Uncle Told Me I Might Be Better Off Dying Younger: Behind We the Patients | Story 2 of 5
At 21, chemotherapy might have improved my five-year survival odds by five points while risking my hearing, fingers and cognition. My Uncle Jay asked the question medicine hadn't: what exactly were we saving if treatment took away the things that made my life mine?
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